Oil-burner for stoves.



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PATENTED FEB. 24, 1903.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1902.

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- OIL BURNER FOR STOVES.

APYLIOQATION FILED MAR. 31, 1902.

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OHA RLES HENRY HIGGINS, OF GIN OINNATI', OHIO..

OIL-BURNER FOR STOVES.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,371, dated February 24, 1903.

Application filed March 31, 1902.

T aZZ whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that, 1; CHARLES HENRY HIG- GINS, a citizen of'the United States of America, and a resident of 636 East Sixth street, in the city of Cincinnati, (post-office address 1209 Sycamore street, in the city of Cincinnati,) in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented an Improvement in Oil-Burners for Stoves; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification. 7

My invention relates to oil heating-stoves; and it has for its object the improvement in the construction of such devices whereby they are simplified and rendered more efficient.

The novelty of my invention consists in the combination and subcombination ofthe parts, as will be hereinafter set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure li s. a front View of my oil heating-stove. Fig. 2 is a side view of Fig. 1. view, the same as Fig. 1 with the front plate removed, showing the interior construction. Fig. 4 is a side View, the same as Fig. 2 wit-h the side plate removed, showing interior con-' struction of the stove. Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a section on line 66, Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a view of the lower side of the plate E. Fig. 8 is a section on line 8 8, Fig. 3, through the piping alone. Fig. 9 is a section on line 9 9, Fig. 7. Fig. 10 is a section on line 1010, Fig. 7. Fig. 11 is a section on line 11-11, Fig. 7. Fig. 12 is a section on line 12 12, Fig. 8.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several drawings.

My oil heating-stove consists of aburner A, incased in a suitable inclosure B and supplied with oil from the reservoir 0 through the pipes G 0 vaporizer D, and plate E. The burner F, used as a light, is also supplied with gas from the vaporizer D through the pipe C The pipe 0 is a drain-pipe to carry away any residue of oil that might collect in the pipe, which is conducted back to the burner and consumed. The pipe 0 is an ordinary pipe much larger in diameter than the supply-pipe C Between this pipe O and Fig. 3 is a front Serial No. 100,711. (No model.)

the vaporizer D is placed a valve D to regulate the flow of oil from the pipe 0 to the vaporizer D.

The vaporizer D is constructed as follows:

The vaporizer D has a small inner tube D filled withsm'all copper wires D". The tube D has a small opening at the extreme end from where oil is admitted. There is an enlarged'pipe D surrounding this inner pipe D provided with small openings D at the this space D is by means of small openings D This arrangement compels the oil to travel the entire length of the pipe D thereby exposing it to as much surface as is possible. From the pipe D the oil or gas passes out into the space D which is between the pipe D and outer 'shell D filledwith round tubes D which take up the space. The oil or gas travels forwardthrough the tubes D and space D until it reaches the exit D from which it passes into the plate This space is E at the point E passing through the copperv wire-filled tubes E E and E when it enters the vertical tube A, passing down to the horizontal tube A from which it enters the burners A. The nipple A, which connects the burner A onto thetube A is filled with fine copper wire bent into an irregular form. The flame from the burners A 'passes up into a combustion-chamber Gr. The entrance to the comb'ustion-chamber- G is'provided with a coneshaped aperture G to compel the flame to impinge on the'top plate G The air-to support the combustion is supplied through the openings B in the front plate of -thef stove and through openings E E of the plate E. The upper interior corners'ofthe inclosure B have plates B B placed on an angle, to prevent the accumulation of soot in the corners of the stove. Behind the burners I have placed a plate A which extends slightly above the burners, so as to force the draft to carry the The operation of my stove is as follows: The oil from the reservoir passes down through the pipe (3 to the larger pipe 0 from C to the vaporizer D, through the plate E down through A and A to the burners A A. When the oil is lighted, the heat from the burners heats up the plate E and vaporizer D, which volatilizes the oil, converting it into gas.

The object of the vaporizer D is to subject the oil to contact with as great a heated surface as possible and also to collect any residue of oil that might be formed, thereby preventing the clogging of the burner.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

The combination in an oil-stove of an oilreservoir, a vaporizer, having a small inner tube filled with small copper wires, with a small opening at the extreme end from where oil is admitted, an enlarged pipe surrounding this inner pipe provided with small openings at the opposite end from which the volatilized oil passes from the small tube, an outer shell incasin g the above-mentioned tubes,the space between the outer shell and the largest inner tube being filled with small tubes, substantially as described.

CHARLES HENRY HIGGINS.

Witnesses:

O. M. FAHNESTOCK, I-I. LANDSIEDEL. 

